Whenever I hear a story about a police encounter that went sour (which is often) I have to remind myself that this is probably pure sensationalism. In the US a

Whenever I hear a story about a police encounter that went sour (which is often) I have to remind myself that this is probably pure sensationalism. In the US about 30 million adults have a police initialed encounter per year[1]. It seems obvious to me that the vast, vast majority of these encounters end in the way common-sense would dictate, and that only very few have the shocking, blood-boiling finale that can make you angry enough to demand reform. But equally obvious is that these are the exact stories that are attention grabbing and therefor news worthy (at least in the click-through sense). I remind myself of this prevalence perception skewing effect that the news has whenever I read it and I try to actively resist it. This reminds me of an 20yo comedy skit (that probably wouldn't be made today) by Chris Rock called "How not to get your ass kicked by the police!" which seems to say the same thing. [2] Of course I might be mistaken. I wonder if people here have data to prove otherwise? --- [1] https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/cbpp18st.pdf https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/cbpp18st.pdf [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj0mtxXEGE8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj0mtxXEGE8